WORLD OF RADIO #960, produced Oct 7, 1998 by Glenn Hauser *Standard disclaimer *SNAFU last weekend with DX Block getting Communications World on *WOR did appear and is supposed to appear first on the UT Monday 0500 repeat on 3210 *Continent of Media should start Oct. 16 on RFPI, Fri 1930 and Sat 1730, 8 and 15 hours later; and soon on DXing.com at http://www.DXing.com/ContinentOfMedia.html *COM Topic Summary as on https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/Com9808.html *Baygen windup radios on sale at Radio Shack, Camping World http://www.campingworld.com *Boston Sunday Globe: Spies hang out on the bottom of the dial *Progress of Solar Cycle 23, by Robert Jones *26 MHz CB from Europe heard in Quebec *And Seattle 11-meter KIRO relay *More receiver news: Kiwa about to sell upgrade IF filters for Sangeans; see http://www.kiwa.com *New Zealand already on summer time, shifting some programmes *RNZI's summer frequencies from Oct 25 *R. Tirana, Albania, jumps 8.5 kHz *Breaking an old habit: names of broadcasting seasons changed from Z and W to A and B *R. Bulgaria's B-98 English schedule *V. of Russia barely heard in English *Czech polls show jitters about hosting broadcasts to Iraq, Iran *Norway's frequency manager needs more technical monitors along US west coast with E-mail; possibility of revived English; plans for 21 and 25 MHz usage *Offshore 98, special broadcasts in Europe Oct 17-18 *Via SW, FM, AM, satellite, cable, internet, W.O.R. 960; wghauser@hotmail.com Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 USA; fax if really necessary: 1-580-233-2948 attn Hauser See our all-text website: https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio *BBC journalists threaten to strike over technical problems *BBC WS previews: Play of the Week, Off the Shelf, The Way We Are, Waveguide *Another X-band station, from Kalamazoo *Radio Nouveaute, Haitian Creole pirate in Boston (recording) *WWCR has posted new October program schedule: Presidential Radio Address times; new Punjabi program is mostly music, from Quebec *WBCQ program news from Webmistress Tina; see new schedule at http://theplanet.wbcq.net - Some new programs; plans for DX show *New Portuguese DX program from Brazil *Angola has new SW radio service in national languages, Ngola Yeto *Star Radio, Liberia, on reduced power *China via Mali, Kunming new frequencies *Mongolia's domestic shortwave frequencies unheard *New program/station from Sakhalin *Indonesia requires news be funnelled through official ANTARA *Malaysia does not allow foreign journalists to use state agency *Propagation outlook from Boulder, Oct 6; [flux peak 140] *Propagation outlook from Ottawa, Sept 30 *World of Radio 960; wghauser@hotmail.com or P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 USA. Join me again next week ###